| Kristina-- that's exactly what you should do. Just say you're a recently admitted student and you'd like to talk to a counselor about the financial aid package you received.
You should then straight up say-- I cannot afford Brown at this amount and X peer institution is willing to give me Y. Is there anything that can be done?
I got no aid my first year and almost freaked-- turns out my aid was "backloaded" due to two factors-- a fair amount of money saved for college in my name that would be spent up year one and a sister who was going to enter college.
Those years my sister is at school and after all of my savings were spent, I've received a significant package. I was able to find this all out by sitting down with someone at FinAid during ADOCH. |